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Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

CARL KINSLEY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT F COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TOI ENGINEERS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A PARTNER- SHIP COMPOSED OF FREDERICK E. PERNOT AND CARL KINSLEY.

' STORAGE BATTERY.

Application inea september 1s, 1920. serial No. 411,097.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it lmown that I, CARL KlNsLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have in- 5 vented 4certain new and useful Improvements in Storage Batteries, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to storage batteries, and has for its object the completion and improvement in certain points of technique or method, and structure, of solid unit multicell batteries made according to certain precedent inventions. The batteries referred to, as finally embodied within the present invention comprise a cylindrical assembly built up of circular lead plates in couples separated by insulating rings,enclosed within circular insulating sleeves, adjacent couples separated by notched insulating discs of greater diameter than said sleeves, terminals of adjacent positive and negative plates or cells being brought together and joined through the notches in the discs, and finally the whole assembly, with suitable end terminals, being encased or embedded in insulating compound and the mass so formed surrounded by an insulating cylindel'. is:

My invention has to do with the following points:

1st, the method/of and means for supplying moisture to the cells after assembly;

2nd, the method of andmeans for applying the binding and` insulating material to form a unit mass; and

3rd, the method of filling the interstitial spaces and the improvement in structure so produced. l

Briefly stated, I attain my object of improvement inregard to these points as follows:

v1st, I provide each cell sleeve during manufacture with a projecting plug, and after assembly the plugs are withdrawn, leaving openings through the insulating. embedment and cell sleeves, through Which'water and the electrolyte can be introduced directly into the cells. I

2nd, I provide a mould or trough of heat resistant material having an internal cylindrical figure to receive the assembled elements and insulators, closing the ends of the trough by the heads of the completed unit battery, then lill the trough while heating it,

with bituminous battery compound, which causes the same by natural flow to penetrate into all interstices and completely lill vand embed all spaces and parts;

3rd, after the mass is unified in the mould solidify the mass within the rubber sleeve.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanylng drawlngs in which Fig. l is a side view, twice the actual size, l

partly broken away and partly in section through the axis of the assembly battery;

Flg. l is a fragmentary section showing the core plugin position;

Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled battery about'actual size;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the end plates;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one' of the partition diaphragms;

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of a left and right hand cell-ring, respectively;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a battery plate or element; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the molding trough on a small scale.v

Referring to the drawings in detail, the battery when assembled comprises the cylindrical shell l, closed at the ends by the end plates 2 and 3, enclosing a plurality of battery cells 4 formed by the cell rings 5 and discs 6.

Each cell 4 contains a pair of plates or elements .7 spaced apart by a separator ring 8 and'spaced from the adjacent partitions by the spacing lugs 9. The-entire group of cells 4 is surrounded and sealed by a iillerlO ofl bituminous material. -For this material I employv at present a commercial compound known in the market as battery compound. From each cell'4, a cpnical aperture 11 leads through'thccell ring 5, liller 1QV and casin wall 1 toJ the outside. Each cell 4 is fill with a colloidal or gelatinous substance 12 containing the electrolyte. I do not claim this substance as my invention.

The battery units are connected in series through the terminals 13 which pass from One cell to another through the notches"14 and 15 in the cell-rings 5 and partitions '6,

. respectively, the terminals 13 ofthe extreme olf-set openings 16 indicated in Figs. l and 4.

`The end plates 2 and 3 are held in the casing 1, by pins 17 extending radially therethrough. A filler 18, such as paran,

l having a melting point lower than that of the. filler 10, is inserted between the body of the filler 10 and the cylindrical casing 1, filling all interstices. Both the bituminous and the paratlin fillers are nonhydroscopic.

In making the battery, the cells and bat-v (tery elements are assembled in the trough 19, shown in Fig. 9, with the end plates 2 and 3 in place and the battery elements connected in series between. the terminals 24 and 25 as indicated in Fig. 1. The trough 19 is then heated and while hot filled with bituminous battery compound 10 between the end plates 2 and 3, the compound insinuating itself into all the interstices vbe,- tween the walls of the trough and the assemblageof cells, suitable plugs of heat conducting material having been rst inserted in' the filling openings 20 in the cell-rings 5 and 5 as cores to form that portion of the conical openin s llrwhich passes through the-body ofthe ller 10.

After the mass of battery compound has,

solidified, the whole assemblage is removed, the'plugs taken out, .and a channel or groove is cut lenkgthwise along one side as indicated at 21 in igs. 2 and 3, the notches 22 in the partition dia hragms 6 having been lined up Ain assemb lng in the trough to allow the groove to be cut through in register with them, or the diaphragms 6 may be formed without the notches 22 and the groove 21 cut in the assemblage of diaphragms and Ithe bodyof the molded battery compound.

The moldedunit is now `slip ed into the `cylindrical casingl of hard rub er polished inside and out, and melted paraffin or other .non-hydroscopic material 18 of low melt- .ing point with re's ect to the bituminous f compound is poure or forced through an v opening 23 in one of the vend plates registering with the channel 21 so as to completely till all interstices and solidly hold the molded unit Within the rubber sleeve.

The right and left hand cell-rings are alike in all respects except that the notches l 14 are: oppositely arran ed in the different rings, lthat is, in the le hand rings, Fig'.

be staggered as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

During the pouring of the material 18, the plugs or cores, which are preferably made of zinc each with a'small hole or channel l1a through it from lend to end to permit the escape of gases, are re-inse'rted l through the casing 1 into the holes 20 of the cell rings to preserve the continuity of the charging channels 11.

The solid parts of the battery being thus completed, the lugs or cores are removed from the channerls 11.- rIhis is done in every case by means of a heated tool such as hot pliers. The battery cells are thenl filled through the openings 11 with a colloidal or gelatinous substance containing a suitableelectrolyte. These openings 11 also serve as means for supplying moisture to the cells after assembly.

I claim as part of my invention the method and means for forming the openings into the several cells, but not the openings as such. I do not claim either the mechanical structure of the cell units as such,

or the primary lling or embedment of bituminous compound, but I do claim the use of a lower melting supplemental filling, as par- What I claim is: 1. The method of producing a storage in assembling a plurality of cell units each of which has a filling opening, xing plugs in the lling openings, owlng msulatin compound around the cell units and aroun tllie plugs, and finally withdrawing the p ugs.

' 2. The method described in claim l with the additional step of heating the plug while withdrawing it.

battery1 of the type described which consists 4 3. The method of constructing a storage ings, proceeding as in clalm 5, and after coolling removing the plugs with a heated too v 5. The method of rendering a storage battery of the described completely non-` mi@ hydrosoopic w ich consists .in embedding the aSsembledceIIs and terminals in insuimams lating compound having a relatively high melting point, completing the assembly of the finished battery, and inally filling all interstitial spaces with an insulating com- 5 pound having a relatively lower melting point.

6. rIhe method of claim 5 emplo ing e' bituminous compound for the high oilmg insulator and paraliin for the low boiling ingredient. 10

7. rlhe method claimed in claim 1 using plugs provided with channels for the escape of gas during sealing.

ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CARL KXNSLEY. 

